Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

"The survey we have been using [asked] 'Did you happen to attend any Sunday or Sabbath church services during the last twelve weeks?' To this, 68% answered in the affirmative--82% of the Catholics, 68% of the Protestants, 44% of Jews. "

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

"Only 4 out of 10 Americans report that they attend religious observances in any given week. The percentages show a slight increase over reported attendance in the early 1970s. Twenty years ago, though, a much higher number--five out of ten--reported attending services. "

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1971

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1972

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1973

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1974

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1975

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1976

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1977

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1978

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1979

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. "

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1980

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1981

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "Percentage Attending Church in the United States During Average Week "; Source: Gallup polls. Question (according to other sources) asked is: Did you attend a church or Sabbath service during the previous week?

attendance - weekly

USA

-

41.00%

-

-

1982

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 164.

Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. "

attendance - weekly

USA

-

33.00%

-

-

1988

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 120.

Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. "

Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. "

Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. "

Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. "

Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. "

"A study published in 1994 by the University of Notre Dame sociologists Mark Chaves and James C. Cavendish found that the national average was a mere 26.7 percent [of people in church in any given week]. "

Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; "Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last seven days. "

attendance - weekly

USA

-

33.00%

-

-

1996

Diamong, Sara. Not by Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right. New York: The Guilford Press (1998); pg. 9.

"George Barna... 1996 book The Index of Leading Spiritual Indicators... about one-third of the public attends church every week; about one-third attends one to three times a month; and about one-third attends rarely or never. "

"according to the World Values Survey conducted in 60 countries and directed by the University of Michigan. The latest round of surveys completed last year found that 44 percent of all Americans attended church once a week, a figure that doesn't count attendance at weddings, funerals, christenings and baptisms "

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